Improving construction project scheduling performance amid COVID-19 pandemic / Lu Haw Zheng
Construction projects have been one of the pioneer economic activities in Malaysia ever since the economic transformation in the late 1980s. As part of the project management plan, project schedule management is deemed essential for upkeeping construction projects scheduling performance. The researc...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
2022
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14975/1/Lu_Haw_Zheng.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14975/2/Lu_Haw_Zheng.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14975/ |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | Construction projects have been one of the pioneer economic activities in Malaysia ever since the economic transformation in the late 1980s. As part of the project management plan, project schedule management is deemed essential for upkeeping construction projects scheduling performance. The research statement is then established, as there is limited empirical research in dealing with constrained resources in complementing the scheduling performance other than the scientific calculation. Nonetheless, the resourcesconstrained project scheduling techniques are yet to be researched to confront the shortage of resources unpredictably throughout the pandemic. The aim of this research is to study the construction project scheduling performance issues due to resource constraints amid Covid-19 pandemic crisis in Malaysia. Whereas, the aim is supported by 3 research objectives: to identify the constrained resources in construction projects during Covid-19 pandemic, to analyse the implication of the constrained resources to the construction projects, and finally to propose empirical suggestions to reduce construction project scheduling performance issues in dealing with constrained resources amid Covid-19 pandemic. The study is carried out by applying mixed method approach where 5 site managerial staffs located in Klang Valley are chosen to be involved in the interview. This is followed by a qustionaire survey among architectural coordinators, project managers and senior project managers. Then, the data collected from both questionnaire surveys and interviews were analysed via correlational analysis in 2 phases, perceived and accessed analysis. Findings show that onstrained resources, including time, cost and quality constraints has been identified as the apparent contributors to the project scheduling performance amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A set of empirical suggestions in reducing project scheduling performance issues in dealing constrained resources. It is anticipated that this study will help the project management practitioners to improve their project schedule management practices and effectiveness. Furthermore, this research also has expended the knowledge on the current project scheduling problems amid the pandemic by identifying new variables and updating context issues related to project schedule management.
|
|---|